SV Lichtenberg 47

An east Berlin club that has about 900 members.

The club was founded in 1945 as Sportgruppe Lichtenberg-Nord, and
two years later, various local groups got together as Sportgemeinschaft
Lichtenberg 47.
In 1969, SG merged with Betriebssportgemeinschaft Elektroproject und
Anlagebau Berlin to form BSG EAB Lichtenberg. After
reunification, it became simply known as SV Lichtenberg 47.

Durting the GDR years, SVL was basically a 2nd division club, although
they did have a season in the DDR-Oberliga 1950/51. In more recent times
they've esatblished themselves in the upper levels of northeast and Berlin
soccer.

Full Name

Sportverein Lichtenberg 47 e.V.

City

Berlin (Berlin). Pop: 3,388,434
(2002)Lichtenberg
is a district on the northeastern outskirts of the city, formerly part of
the GDR. It has a
population of about 260,000.

Address

Ruschestraße 90, 10367 Berlin-Lichtenberg

Colors

White jersey, red trim (or reversed). White shorts, red socks.

Nickname

Stadium

Hans-Zoschke-Stadion Capacity: 10,000 (1,000 seats).
Built in 1951, named after "an athlete and resistance fighter murdered by
the Fascists", it was built over the old Sportplatz
Normannenstraße. Orginally, it held about 18,000. It's behind
the
old Stasi HQ building. An
interesting legend is that Stasi boss Erich Mielke ordered it torn down,
as
he looked out the window and saw his Dynamo club lose 0-1. However
Zoschke's widow Elfried appealed to party boss Erich Hoenecker, and the
stadium was saved.